St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-01

SponSibility for the eases ceases. If no |
time Is specified for the return of the |
regular, and he fails to show up at |
o'clock the following afternoon, or to
notify the sub, the latter can hold the
eases for that day, working himself or
| putting on another sub" as he chooses.
The same rule applies at o'clock the
next afternoon, and the sub" holds con
: troll of the cases until he is relieved ac-
cording to the rule. This is found neCes-
Sary for the protection of the ''sub," who
may have thrown in the eases" dis
tributed the type) Just in time for the
regular to USE, and for which he would
receive no compensation. The com
poSitor is allowed the privilege of
coming down any time in the
forenoon that he chooses to throw
in his cases" But, as rule. the
men get to the Office about noon or
| o'clock. Dead matter is matter
still i'll the forms that appeared in the
paper OF that mornings distributed by
| the printers and everything put in
| shape for the nights work. Two and
| 4 half to three hours are consumed in
| this work, and by or ) o'clock the
room Is pretty well deserted and the
! printers go to supper. At 7:30 o'clock
the foreman, assistant foreman, galley
! boys and printers are on hand and the
! work of the night begins. Each ease
is numbered from one up to fifty. and
each printer has u slug numbered to
! correspond with his case. The number
always represents the printer himself.
! The typo is notknown as Jones or Smith
or Brown, but as Slug SCR 20 or so. Each
! printer, when he emrtieS his take" on
! the galley stand, for proof TO be taken
OF it, puts his metal slug ut the top OF his
matter and Il impression is taken
AE
working on the same article. 70 pre-
Vent mixing them up the different urti- |
clts are run out by the copy cutter by |
letters. Photographic matter from |
Washington, for instance, is marked |
W, and numbered from one cOnspcu- |
/ lively until The end of that one class;
1t. Paul local runs ON s, Minneapolis on |
NJ and 50 on. If 5 matter is run out the |
printer as he empties his take" on the
galley, after setting ii in type, must put
his slug at the head of it and write on Il
little piece of paper the number that
was on his copy when he first get ii. lie
writes : tif that is his numGer) and
lays the slip on the gailey by his take.
Then, if ) should come next he would
do the same thing, placing his take well
down on the galley and leaving space for
the other takes to come. When the
typos with ,, ), !, ) and ) have emptied
their sticks the matter is closed up by
the galley boy and taken to the proof
press. All copy is kept separated by
this system, and it sometimes happens
that every letter in the alphabet is used
during night. \ galley represents
u thin board, with q smooth braSs-c0v-
cred surface, with elects at one end and
the sides. a supply of copy is generally
sent up to the composing room by I
o'clock, so that the copy cutter can get
1T on the hooks, and have it in proper
shape when time is called.
THIS COPY Is COLLECTED
from the editorial telegraph and local
rooms. and generally there is a go0dly
batch OF advertisements. ADVERTISE
ments are called ''phat." They are gen
orally set up in large display type, but
measured Just as If the type, was the
finest used. Certain men SGT the advtr-
easements, because they are conceded to
be better qualified for the work. Only
small proportion of printers can set up
Il tasty and effective advertisement. \
man must have a peculiar talent in that
direction. There are five typos who
are the regular lad" men. They are
called the syndicate. Forty per cent. of
al the advertisements set by them goes
to the printers, and is distributed pro
rata, the syndicate getting 60 per cent,
which they divide among themselves.
When there IS more than the usual
quantity of advertisements, extra men
are aided to the syndicate force, and
these men get their share of the entire
90 PEI cent. i'll proportion TO the number
Of hours they work. But the printers
get their 40 per cent. OF all the ads that
are set. When the copy cutter has the
hooks ready time is called. All copy
other than adverti3cmcnts goes Oh TIC
r Nttl,a 4,
printer takes his chances. In some
offices the ''phat' tables heads, etc.
go around on the cases. being as
signed to one slug one night and
to the next slug OIL the night
following. But the GLOBES rule
does not recognize ''phat' 1T all
The hooks are made up Just rs the copy
comes up III the box, and the copy cut
ter is not supposed to know what printer
will get the first or the last take. When
the hook is ready the box" is shaken.
This box contains LITTLE balls numbered
from TO 80. The number first drawn
out designates the typo who has to take
copy first, and the others follow in rota-
ten. Thus there is a new man for
first take" every night. Copy flows in
rapidly after this during cOnID0Siiion1
hours, and as fast as it disappears more
is prepared and given i'll hand. and il is
OlSpOStU 81 "a turn. sometimes 1t hap
pens that copy comes in slowly. There
is a rule of the union that if copy is not
furnished the printers must b" paid for
the time they are idle Just the same as
if they had been ut work. Under these
circumstances The men are allowed to
charge time" at certain rate while
| they are idle. From midnight until 3
o'clock is the busiest time in the COM
posing room. and tie office is ut its best
! working capacity. and from to ali are
! engaged in the final rush that occurs
I previous t. l!2I closing Of the forms 1t !
is often f"'ind necessary. during this
/ time, to adti ;s.!0thvr pTG0f rea,!cr and |
| increase the galley force and make-ups.
These are generally taken from the |
eases and allowed time for their work. |
! The numbered sllsS Indicate what |
! printer has set up each take OF matter, |
ard the nan in whose proof three errors |
occur Must correct all following his take |
! in which less than three errors occur. |
| For instance. ii the first take on the gal |
| ley has three errors and all the balance |
but two OF less, the first man must cor
rect the entire article. This rule oper-